• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 11/13/2016

  RE: Border Around Object
  Hi YR Thank you for the tutorial. I followed your tutorial and I have come to the conclusion that Color option and the Stamp ( Temps ) option either have: different tolerances in selecting the colour to be keyed. OR   different
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 11/13/2016

  RE: Border Around Object
  Hi John, I just made for you a way to bypass this problem, check on my website : http://www.protuto.com/john1/john1.html I work only with a green or blue screen I use only Alpha key with filter acting like blocking area similar to extract or
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 11/13/2016

  RE: Border Around Object
  Hi @YR I can also duplicate this for any coloured chromakey. I have found that  white, black and Alpha do not give a black border. Can you confirm that this also happens with you please ? The issue appears to be caused by the software
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 11/13/2016

  RE: Border Around Object
  Hi, Probably you use the 2016 Movie Edit Pro and use the extract function after chromakey effet, be sure to use a background picture the same sime as your movie size on video track1, use your movie on track2, applied to the track2 the chromakey
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 7/19/2016

  RE: Can we do comparison videos with Magix?
  Hi, I finished the one using Xara and then took up the challenge to make the transition just in MEP. Track 1 - first video Track 2 - simple white background image, full screen, with keyframes at 0s with X = -1940, at 1s X = 0, gave it
• Video Pro X

  5 answers, most recent on 8/6/2016

  RE: New Xara Designer Pro X (365 or X12) works properly with VPX and MEP!
  To make a liar out of me, the VPX Xara interface worked fine last night. So today I investigated more. There is a button "Exit to movie editor" that causes the crash, but not always. I can get it to work once or twice, but it will soon cause a
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 6/30/2016

  RE: Mask effects error
  Hi padieg There would appear to be some stray / unnecessary objects on the timeline in particular the two items circled in green below on track 14 appear to be short sections of the vignette on track 15. Are the items circled in blue on track
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 6/28/2016

  RE: Oval
  Hi You need to use an oval mask to remove the corners that you do not need. The mask can be created in any image editing program - if you use a black/white mask then you need to apply Chroma Key, Alpha to it when on the timeline and set the
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 6/14/2016

  RE: Reflection effect
  Hi, Concerning switching a template to the timeline, this could easily, too easily, be done in MEP2014 by simply cilcking on the timeline button. Users complained because you could not go back, so Magix removed the possibility of switching to
• Movie Studio

  24 answers, most recent on 6/3/2016

  RE: video effect/rip through
    Hi, Here is the hi-res screen shot. I think you've applied full alpha, because it seems to be invisible here! Would either you or Mike like the MVP and the objects? Yes, thanks John, I would please. Mike did a great job
• Movie Studio

  24 answers, most recent on 6/3/2016

  RE: video effect/rip through
  Hi Mike, You need a thorough understanding as to how to use chromakey and masks, and once you understand everything, you do like me, try all of the combinations until something works. In my latest version, things are somewhat inversed because
• Movie Studio

  24 answers, most recent on 6/3/2016

  RE: video effect/rip through
  Thank you for following up! I am still entrenched with making this work. I copied the objects John C. B. provided [thank you!] and attempted to arrange as instructed but I don't believe the way I produced these are appropriate since only the
• Movie Studio

  24 answers, most recent on 6/3/2016

  RE: video effect/rip through
  Hi Terry, Regarding your last response with image; I don't know how to select/specify an area to color it green which would be used to fill with the video i have in mind. The other option attempt your earlier recommendation [5/18/16] where
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 5/18/2016

  Distortion after effects masks nothing in file location
  Hello im new to this product i need to add a distortion all the videos on youtube show masks withtin the alpha effects folder i have no such templates/masks to use help needed urgently many thanks jonny.
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 5/6/2016

  RE: Keyframes
  An additional point which I find of great value -- the on track display of effect curves. Click on the little eye symbol to display a curve. I find editing here, after starting in the keyframe window, is much easier. If you have more
• Movie Studio

  24 answers, most recent on 3/23/2016

  RE: HDR and other effects for photos
  It is very intresting to have a look to all this interpretation. Normally i am also lazy with the correction of pictures - often I think: this is what I have seen. Otherwise it is sometimes a really new picture - not in this case here I
• Movie Studio

  24 answers, most recent on 3/23/2016

  RE: HDR and other effects for photos
  Hi Terry I use the MEP HDR feature a lot. Well at least I did up untill it stopped working with MEP on my new 64bit version of Windows10 (see my recent post about that problem). I find that 10 to 20 on the HDR and a small amount  of Contrast (55
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 2/1/2016

  RE: creating a shadow or a silhouette of a moving image
  Hi Michael This can be done using a mask created from the green screen video and then using this with the Chroma Key Alpha to 'punch a hole' in the video to display the black background ( or any other background you wish ) - you do not then need
• Video Pro X

  4 answers, most recent on 1/15/2016

  RE: How do create a 2.39:1 ratio on a 16:9 TV screen to create a cinema wide scree effect|?
  Hi, I'll take a stab at this. You can try to change the resolution of the project to close to the size. For mpeg encoding, the V and H numbers have to be evenly divisible by 8. Thus 1920 and 1080 are both divisible by 8. The size that closely
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 1/6/2016

  RE: A few 'how to' questions on using the editor
  Hi Nick, First, there are many things that you can do with audio in MEP. Take a look. There is also a Mixer (M). The Captions usually come with video files and in your case there are 2 video files that contain masks. Select the 4 track object
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 12/29/2015

  RE: I'd like to know if others are experiencing problems I'm having with MEP 2016 Premium
    Hi John CB, I looked at the links, thanks for posting them.  I'm not sure how SmartSharpen Pro is better than the Sharpen tools within MEP?  Can it do anything with a subject, like a bird on a tree branch, in which the tree is in focus and
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 12/29/2015

  RE: I'd like to know if others are experiencing problems I'm having with MEP 2016 Premium
  When Dragon first came out, while I was working, I saw how time consuming the "training" is.  I don't have that kind of patience.  Also, I can't see how it could possible work with video and photo editing software. Is Pixelan Film Touch an
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 12/29/2015

  RE: I'd like to know if others are experiencing problems I'm having with MEP 2016 Premium
  Hi Kami A good use of John EB's method is to correct the fall off in focus or light towards the edges of some lenses especially wide angle adapters. Using a graduated circle mask to sharpen or lighten the outer parts of the lens field. Another
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 12/7/2015

  RE: Can I widen the background band in a caption?
  Hi, Yes. Place the caption and select it on the timeline. Ungroup it. Regroup only the top 2 objects - alpha image and background. Go to Effects, Movement effects, Size/position. with the double object selected (background) uncheck Maintain